The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 18, 1976
Waning Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 659
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 | 237.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 268.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -19.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.70° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.95° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.