The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 26, 1957
Waxing Crescent
15.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
9:35 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.1%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 431
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 120.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -19.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.57° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.47° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.11° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.