The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 18, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 PM
2:59 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 783
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 | 104.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 55.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 21.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.00° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.17° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.