The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 26, 2057
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
6:12 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1667
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.1° / 176.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -1.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.39° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.86° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.