The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 26, 1959
Waning Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 449
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Neptune 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 | 228.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -18.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.22° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.52° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.