The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 26, 2000
Last Quarter
51.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
12:34 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 956
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 238.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -19.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.11° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / 1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.14° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.