The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 26, 1987
Waxing Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
8:13 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 802
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 133.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -28.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.23° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.22° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.53° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.