The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 18, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
3:28 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 214
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 | 131.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 47.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 4.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.99° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.64° / 4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.98° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.