The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 26, 2035
Waning Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1389
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 268.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.93° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.55° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.52° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.