The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 18, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
6:41 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1661
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 336.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -2.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.37° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.09° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 313.9° |
| 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.