The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 26, 1946
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
6:44 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 295
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 153.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 20m / -16.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.99° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.96° / -1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.10° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.