The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 PM
3:16 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 684
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 | 124.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 51.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 7.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.26° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / 4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.54° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| 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.