The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 26, 1960
Waxing Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 468
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 | 81.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -17.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.71° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.32° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.00° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.