The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 26, 2199
First Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3424
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 | 88.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 88.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -14.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.66° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.89° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.88° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.