The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 26, 1903
Waxing Crescent
34.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 PM
10:35 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.7%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -237
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 | 71.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 110.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -17.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.08° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.67° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.90° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.