The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 26, 1930
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 AM
5:18 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 90
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.2° / 204.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / 2.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.45° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / 3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.67° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.