The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 1995
Waning Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 894
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 268.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -19.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.79° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / -3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.07° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| 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.