The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 26, 2090
Waxing Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
9:52 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2076
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 117.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -18.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.87° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.87° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.87° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.