The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 18, 2047
Waning Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
2:15 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1537
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 | 287.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 228.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 13m / -13.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.42° / 2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / -2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.92° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.