The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 26, 1945
Waning Gibbous
63.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
12:58 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 282
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 292.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 23.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.79° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / -1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.09° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.