The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 26, 2188
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 AM
8:27 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.7 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3281
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.4° / 138.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 10.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.73° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.72° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 346.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.