The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 26, 1922
Waxing Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
11:15 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -2
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 | 80.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 104.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -16.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.63° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.06° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.10° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.