The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 18, 2025
Waning Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
9:53 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1265
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 | 242.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -28.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.92° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.05° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.29° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.