The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 26, 2014
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
8:47 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1136
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 | 33.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 128.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -17.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.28° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.26° / -4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.90° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.