The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 26, 1968
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 AM
6:42 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 560
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.3° / 185.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 10.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.34° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.32° / -0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.30° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.