The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 26, 2176
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
7:39 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3133
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 272.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -25.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.86° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.90° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.16° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.