The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 26, 1902
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
8:12 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -256
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 279.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.44° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.81° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.