The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 26, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
12:45 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 505
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 82.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -19.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.64° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.25° / 3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.13° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| 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.