The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 18, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
5:15 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2935
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 | 153.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.7° / 7.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / -5.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.33° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.07° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.