The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1154
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 | 229.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 265.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -18.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.93° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.93° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.