The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 26, 2013
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
7:05 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1117
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 | 191.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 298.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.99° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.82° / 0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.93° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.