The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 26, 1983
Waning Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
12:49 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 752
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 295.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 24.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.69° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / -0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.03° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.