The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 26, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
2:58 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 573
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 | 111.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 55.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 14.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.43° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.94° / -3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.90° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.