The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 1965
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
8:01 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 530
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 | 25.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 135.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 47m / -19.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.83° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / -0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.79° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.