The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
5:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 820
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 5.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / -2.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.71° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / 3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.68° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.