The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 26, 2168
Waning Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3034
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 263.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -21.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.94° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.57° / -2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.74° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.