The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 26, 2008
Waning Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
10:39 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1055
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 | 248.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 247.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -25.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.07° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.53° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.