The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 26, 1918
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
6:28 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -58
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.5° / 308.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.28° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.55° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.14° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 157.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.