The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 18, 1999
Waxing Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 AM
11:22 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 944
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 | 35.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 97.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 09m / 16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.35° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.93° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.06° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.