The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 2190
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 AM
5:37 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3312
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.7° / 191.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / 0.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.11° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.92° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.