The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 26, 1981
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
5:29 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 727
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.6° / 188.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -3.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.57° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.37° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 130.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.