The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 18, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
5:42 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1055
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 | 160.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 354.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -6.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.18° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.90° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.