The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 26, 2051
Last Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
2:27 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1593
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 265.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 14.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.87° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.40° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.65° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.