The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 26, 1998
Waxing Crescent
32.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 PM
10:17 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.4%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 938
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 | 69.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -19.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.27° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.08° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.