The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Waning Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 AM
9:37 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1030
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 251.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -28.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.09° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.50° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.