The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 18, 2049
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
9:22 PM
6:51 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1562
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 | 187.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.6° / 303.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.03° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.48° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 132.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.