The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 18, 2060
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 PM
8:05 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1698
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 275.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -22.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.73° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.88° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.