The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 26, 2116
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
6:22 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2391
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 8:48 PM, is deepest at 10:37 PM and ends at 12:26 AM. Totality lasts from 9:49 PM to 11:24 PM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.0° / 327.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -11.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.97° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / 0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.04° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.