The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 26, 2175
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
4:02 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3127
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 32.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -1.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.33° / 2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / -2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.02° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.