The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 26, 2138
Waning Crescent
41.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
3:19 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.5%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2669
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 | 279.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.2° / 262.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.06° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.92° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.