The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 26, 1938
Waning Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 AM
4:44 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 189
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 | 314.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.0° / 212.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / 0.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.93° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.85° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.46° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.