The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 18, 2052
Waning Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1599
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 | 229.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 265.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.00° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.46° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.