The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 PM
6:46 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -27
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 | 168.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 350.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 9.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.97° / 1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.29° / -1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.98° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.