The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 26, 1978
Waning Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
8:35 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 684
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 276.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.66° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.85° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.