The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 18, 2071
Waning Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1834
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 267.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.27° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.70° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.08° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.