The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 26, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
2:45 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 907
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 | 98.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 57.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 11.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.52° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.97° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.24° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.