The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 26, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
6:37 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 276
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 | 171.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.5° / 332.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -6.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.59° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.65° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 317.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.