The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
6:13 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1012
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 | 162.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.2° / 355.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 5.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.23° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / 2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.58° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.