The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 26, 1911
Waxing Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 AM
8:17 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -138
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 | 51.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 132.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -27.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.26° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.56° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.