The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 26, 2074
First Quarter
45.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1878
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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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 | 84.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 95.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -20.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.21° / -0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / 0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.58° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.