The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 26, 1954
Last Quarter
45.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
1:18 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.2%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 387
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 236.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 54m / -15.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.55° / 2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.50° / -2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.18° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.