The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Waning Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
4:52 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1160
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 | 315.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.0° / 215.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / 4.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.94° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / -0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.33° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.