The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 18, 1908
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
7:12 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -182
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 | 204.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.3° / 301.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -15.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.86° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.38° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.