The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 26, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
3:42 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -231
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 43.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / 2.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.72° / -0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.53° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.