The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 26, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
1:52 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -268
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 67.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 10.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.90° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.66° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.56° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.