The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 26, 2000
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
6:42 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 962
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 | 351.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.7° / 162.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -5.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.32° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.67° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 140.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.