The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 18, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
2:54 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 449
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 | 118.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 55.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 8.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.90° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / 5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.35° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.