The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 26, 2179
Waning Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
10:50 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3170
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 253.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -20.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.48° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.15° / -2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.95° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.