The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 26, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
1:06 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -200
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 | 116.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 77.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 06m / -13.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.81° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.86° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.