The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 26, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
3:10 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1612
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 | 105.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 52.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 11.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.42° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / 4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.05° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.