The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Waning Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
12:04 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1166
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 | 261.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 244.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.42° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.11° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.90° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.