The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 1915
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
10:37 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -89
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 | 221.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 319.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 45m / 26.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.30° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.91° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.