The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 26, 2143
Waxing Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
4:43 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2725
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,800 km.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.1° / 21.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / -3.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.68° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.00° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| 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.