The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 26, 1962
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 AM
6:10 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 492
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.9° / 177.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -0.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.22° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.57° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.04° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.