The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 18, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 PM
5:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1525
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,800 km.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 9.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / -3.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.47° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.54° / 5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.48° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.