The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 26, 1918
Last Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
2:25 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -52
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 268.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 16.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.65° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.02° / 5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.40° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.