The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 26, 1997
Waning Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 AM
3:29 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 925
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 241.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 6.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.80° / -0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.12° / 1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.04° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.