The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 26, 2041
Waning Crescent
18.5% 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
4:53 AM
4:06 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1463
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.2° / 208.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -9.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.08° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.65° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.