The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 18, 1954
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
5:36 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 387
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.4° / 334.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -17.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.20° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.20° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 155.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.