The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 18, 2063
Waning Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
10:26 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1735
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 | 248.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 245.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -27.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.07° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.92° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.69° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.