The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 26, 1924
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
12:19 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 16
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 | 276.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 246.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -15.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.69° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / -1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.65° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.