The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 4, 1926
Waning Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 AM
10:18 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 40
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 256.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -21.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.39° / 1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.16° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.55° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.