The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 26, 2187
Waning Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3269
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 | 226.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 264.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -21.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.52° / 1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / -1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.34° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.