The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
4:17 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 876
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 | 138.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 31.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 20m / 1.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.28° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.96° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.