The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 2130
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 PM
4:44 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2564
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 31.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 12.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.80° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.19° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.23° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.