The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 18, 1930
Waning Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
9:11 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 90
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 | 245.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -28.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.50° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.97° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.