The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 26, 2196
Waning Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
7:00 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3380
Events on this date
-
Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.9° / 177.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 11.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.07° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.60° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.