The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 18, 2002
Waxing Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
1:14 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 981
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 69.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 24m / 24.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.39° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / -1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.94° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.