The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 2169
Waning Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
11:54 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3046
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 | 263.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 239.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -23.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.20° / -1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.50° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.72° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.