The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 18, 2011
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
6:46 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1092
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 | 187.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 303.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -17.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.09° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.88° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 139.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.