The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 26, 2019
Waning Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 AM
6:12 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1197
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,300 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.2° / 177.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -0.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.27° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.26° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.