The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 18, 1993
Waning Crescent
10.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
5:24 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 869
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.1° / 200.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / 1.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.96° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.83° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.