The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 18, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 PM
5:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 721
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 | 173.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.2° / 354.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -4.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.72° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.89° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.59° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 324.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.