The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 26, 2089
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
7:53 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2057
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 | 201.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.2° / 288.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -16.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.47° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.87° / -3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.92° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.