The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 26, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 PM
5:08 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1080
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 | 155.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.5° / 5.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -9.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.86° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.87° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.06° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.