The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 18, 2098
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
8:13 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2168
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 | 215.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -24.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.25° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.28° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.