The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 18, 1903
Waning Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 AM
10:46 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -244
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 258.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -17.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.52° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.78° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.