The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 26, 1925
Waxing Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
11:53 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 29
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 90.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 06m / 18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.10° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.99° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.00° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.