The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 26, 1966
Waxing Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
1:43 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 536
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 | 70.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 64.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 26.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.60° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.49° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.