The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 26, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
3:53 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 72
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.1° / 35.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / -3.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.34° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.07° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.0° |
| 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.