The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 26, 2135
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
5:52 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2626
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,600 km.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 351.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -5.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.98° / 1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.47° / -0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.40° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.