The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 18, 1987
Waning Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
9:43 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 795
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,600 km.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 250.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 51m / -28.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.00° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.68° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.69° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| 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.