The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 26, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
5:03 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 542
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.0° / 12.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 15m / -2.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.45° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.13° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.