The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 26, 2070
Last Quarter
47.7% 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
12:23 AM
2:31 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.7%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1828
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.
-
Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 264.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 30m / 13.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.39° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.45° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.6° |
| 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.