The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 26, 1980
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
9:57 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 715
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 | 219.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 314.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 50m / 17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.35° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.69° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.