The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 26, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
6:37 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 746
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.9° / 331.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -6.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.26° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.27° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 316.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.