The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 26, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 134
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 92.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 03m / -18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.83° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / 2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.68° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.