The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 26, 2188
First Quarter
45.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3288
Events on this date
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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 | 84.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 98.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -24.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.51° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.26° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.12° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.