The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 26, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -101
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 93.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.54° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.32° / 3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.47° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.