The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 26, 2040
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
6:33 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1451
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.7° / 327.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -9.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.23° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / -3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.86° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 311.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.