The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 26, 1986
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 PM
6:51 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 783
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 284.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -24.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.71° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.23° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.