The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 26, 1905
Waning Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 AM
5:00 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -213
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.0° / 203.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -0.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.05° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.94° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.34° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.