The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 18, 1946
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
7:09 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 288
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 | 204.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 300.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 24m / -16.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.86° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / -2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.78° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.