The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 26, 1960
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 AM
9:12 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 462
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 | 8.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.0° / 125.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 12.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.09° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.53° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.