The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 18, 2087
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
6:58 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2032
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.6° / 305.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -15.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.41° / -1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / 2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.90° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.