The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 26, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 PM
2:46 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 338
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 | 105.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 57.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 40m / 17.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.26° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.85° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.71° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.