The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 18, 1924
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
6:19 PM
5:30 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 16
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 | 167.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 3.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -2.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.10° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.26° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.78° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.7° |
| 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.