The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 18, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
3:32 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -21
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 | 133.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 46.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 3.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.61° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.15° / 5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.79° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.