The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 18, 2030
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
6:47 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1327
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.2° / 304.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.12° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.38° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.68° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 137.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.