The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 26, 1972
Waning Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
12:48 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 616
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 | 237.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 296.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 25.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.76° / 1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / -1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.78° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.