The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 26, 1942
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
10:04 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 245
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 310.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 15.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.38° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.61° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.