The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 18, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
4:54 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1624
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 | 133.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 25.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 7.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.79° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.07° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.