The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 26, 2073
Waning Gibbous
73.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 AM
10:35 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.9%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1859
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 256.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -19.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.58° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.11° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.