The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 2055
Waxing Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1643
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 | 82.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -20.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.47° / 0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.38° / -0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.38° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.