The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 26, 1986
Waning Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
2:37 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 789
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 | 278.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 276.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 22.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.63° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.57° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.