The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 1937
Last Quarter
48.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.5%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 183
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 275.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 14.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.76° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.71° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.