The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 26, 2008
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 AM
5:12 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1061
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 | 333.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 190.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -6.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.04° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / 5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.00° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.