The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 26, 1993
Waxing Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
12:10 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 870
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 | 54.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 79.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 21.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.68° / -1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / 2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.34° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.