The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 18, 2027
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
5:22 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1290
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 | 151.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 8.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / -3.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.79° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.95° / 4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.28° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.