The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 26, 2107
Waxing Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2280
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 89.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 13m / 18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.80° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.24° / 5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.15° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.