The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 26, 1919
Waxing Crescent
7.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
7:22 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -39
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 144.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -20.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.19° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.24° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.