The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 1971
Waxing Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 604
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 | 82.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 97.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -22.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.52° / -1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.75° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.