The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 26, 1995
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
8:48 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 901
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 128.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -18.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.13° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.72° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.