The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 18, 2032
Waxing Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
2:58 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1352
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 55.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 12.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.38° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.70° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.