The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 26, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
5:07 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1179
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 | 138.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 20.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 5.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.79° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.64° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.