The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 26, 1997
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 919
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 | 225.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 267.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -18.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.38° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.15° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.