The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 26, 2127
Full Moon
99.9% 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
8:32 PM
6:43 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2527
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 319.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -10.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.08° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / -2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.18° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 353.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.