The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 18, 1998
Waning Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
11:39 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 931
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 248.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.32° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.04° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.11° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.