The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 26, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
4:08 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1043
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 | 117.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 40.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 11.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.33° / 1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / -0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.03° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.