The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 26, 2036
First Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1408
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 93.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -19.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.64° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.53° / -0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.99° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.