The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 18, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
4:45 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 919
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 28.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 5.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.81° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.26° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.