The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 18, 1968
Waning Gibbous
62.3% 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
1:12 AM
9:58 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 560
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 | 255.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 249.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -27.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.55° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.57° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| 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.