The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 26, 2043
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
7:32 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1488
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 276.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 56m / -24.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.95° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.87° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.93° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.