The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 18, 2009
Waning Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
1:40 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1067
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 | 282.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 230.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 52m / -17.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.77° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / -0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.53° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.