The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 26, 1921
Waning Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -21
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 | 231.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 263.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 48m / -18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.22° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.10° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.