The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 1926
Waning Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
12:34 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 47
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 | 250.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 295.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 55m / 23.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.72° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / 0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.29° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.