The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 26, 1979
Waxing Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
11:09 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 703
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 | 66.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 105.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -18.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.82° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.38° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.