The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 18, 2104
Last Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 AM
1:00 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2242
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 237.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -16.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.75° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.14° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.14° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.