The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 26, 1943
Waning Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
12:04 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 251
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 | 261.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 244.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -18.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.85° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.76° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.