The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 18, 1913
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
4:36 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -120
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,100 km.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 28.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 1.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.14° / 0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / -0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.18° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| 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.