The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 18, 2144
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
7:10 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2737
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.1° / 303.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -13.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.40° / 0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.96° / 0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.12° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.