The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 26, 2017
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
8:42 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1167
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.5° / 135.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 10.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.79° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.36° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.34° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 317.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.