The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 26, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
2:42 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1142
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 | 97.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 57.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 12.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.56° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.63° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.