The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 18, 2163
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 PM
6:30 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2972
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 6:58 PM, is deepest at 8:43 PM and ends at 10:28 PM. Totality lasts from 7:57 PM to 9:29 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 327.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -9.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.45° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.25° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.