The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 26, 1969
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 PM
8:22 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 579
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 340.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 02m / 21.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.34° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.31° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.