The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 26, 1940
Waning Crescent
24.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
3:00 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.0%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 220
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 | 301.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 248.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 21m / 6.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.66° / -3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.82° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.