The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 18, 2022
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
7:57 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1228
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 283.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -18.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.78° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / 0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.27° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.