The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 26, 2180
Waxing Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
1:12 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3189
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 75.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -10.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.40° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.53° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.51° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.