The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 26, 2006
Waxing Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
9:15 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1037
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 | 50.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 123.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -28.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.69° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.24° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.2° |
| 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.