The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 18, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
69.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
4:22 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.2%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1018
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 | 112.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 39.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 18.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.22° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.77° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.87° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.