The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 26, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 PM
3:31 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 641
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 2.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.7° / 43.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -2.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.04° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.85° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.74° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| 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.