The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 26, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
5:13 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 208
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 | 162.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 17.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / 6.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.45° / 1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.14° / -1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.82° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.