The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 2090
Waning Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2069
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 262.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.53° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.88° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.