The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 18, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 PM
6:42 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1191
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 | 169.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.4° / 337.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -2.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.50° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.70° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 314.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.