The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 26, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 369
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 | 97.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 94.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 52m / -18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.27° / -0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.35° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.87° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.