The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 26, 1988
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
9:47 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 814
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 324.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 23.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.51° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.60° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.