The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 26, 1984
Waning Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 AM
3:06 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 758
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 222.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -9.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.08° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.94° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.