The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 1911
Waning Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -145
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 262.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -26.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.80° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.73° / 5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.16° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.