The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 26, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 PM
5:03 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2255
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 | 151.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.1° / 11.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / -7.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.88° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.38° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.43° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| 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.