The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 26, 1911
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
4:52 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -145
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 | 329.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.9° / 208.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / -0.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.24° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / 4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.84° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.