The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
1:23 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 740
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 | 108.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 75.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -17.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.19° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.98° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.34° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.