The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
5:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -219
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.6° / 4.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -3.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.73° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.42° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.59° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.