The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 1976
Waxing Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
9:51 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 666
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 | 48.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 118.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 25m / -19.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.65° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.32° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.