The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 26, 2163
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 AM
6:06 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2978
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 | 345.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.7° / 172.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -7.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.92° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.79° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.