The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 18, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
2:58 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1822
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 | 101.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 54.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 12.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.80° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.07° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.31° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.