The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 26, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 PM
3:17 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 307
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 | 141.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 46.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / -6.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.42° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.42° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.