The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 26, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
4:07 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 709
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 38.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / 3.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.97° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / -2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.52° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.0° |
| 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.