The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 26, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 PM
5:05 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 375
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 10.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -7.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.67° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.95° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.23° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.