The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 26, 1923
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
8:24 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 10
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 | 201.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 330.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 13.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.33° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.81° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.33° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.