The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 26, 1994
Waning Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 888
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 | 258.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 276.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 28m / 16.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.13° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.14° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.43° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.