The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 18, 1949
Waning Gibbous
64.6% 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
1:00 AM
9:45 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 325
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 | 253.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -28.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.41° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.77° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.