The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 2180
Waning Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 AM
2:35 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3182
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 229.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -10.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.53° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.16° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.