The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
2:48 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1587
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 | 98.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 56.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 13.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.00° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.41° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.10° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| 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.