The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 26, 1970
Waning Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 AM
10:05 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 585
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 | 243.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 248.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -27.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.07° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.71° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.95° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.