The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 26, 1949
Waxing Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
9:27 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 332
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 | 65.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 122.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -28.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.52° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.29° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.94° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.