The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 26, 1940
Waning Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 214
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 | 239.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 268.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.63° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.41° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.