The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
4:51 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1859
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 | 132.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 27.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 8.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.27° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.07° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.26° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.