The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 18, 2172
Waning Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 AM
3:49 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3083
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 208.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -12.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.08° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.82° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.