The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 26, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
1:42 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 270
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 | 112.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 69.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -15.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.30° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.77° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.