The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Waning Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 AM
4:09 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1228
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 | 310.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 207.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -9.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.70° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.83° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.