The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 26, 2172
Waxing Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
2:17 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3090
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 61.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 26m / -14.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.02° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.89° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.