The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 26, 1973
Waning Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 AM
12:46 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 622
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 245.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -12.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.22° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.61° / -3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.48° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.