The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 26, 1994
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 PM
7:03 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 882
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 | 192.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.4° / 297.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.20° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.13° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| 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.