The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 26, 1908
Waning Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
2:57 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -182
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 224.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -10.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.61° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.93° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.