The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 26, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
2:57 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -33
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 | 104.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 54.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 9.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.24° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.28° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.