The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 18, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
84.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 PM
3:31 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -256
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 47.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 3.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.87° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.60° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.