The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
7:45 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1018
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 273.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -24.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.41° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.54° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.