The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 26, 2076
Last Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
1:02 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1896
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 232.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -20.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.43° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.09° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.15° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.