The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 18, 1982
Waning Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 AM
1:36 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 733
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 | 294.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.6° / 231.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 45m / -16.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.94° / -2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.26° / 4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.88° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.