The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 26, 1902
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
3:06 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -250
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 | 305.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.5° / 244.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 5.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.35° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.20° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.