The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 18, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% 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
3:50 PM
4:08 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 350
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 | 138.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 38.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 10m / 5.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.31° / 0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / 0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.74° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.