The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 18, 1984
Waning Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
7:42 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 758
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 280.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -21.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.66° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.35° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.