The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 26, 1959
Waning Crescent
31.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 AM
2:34 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.7%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 455
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 258.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 10.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.13° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.28° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.42° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.