The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 18, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 PM
1:54 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 412
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 66.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 13.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.23° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.74° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.23° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.