The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 18, 1909
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 AM
5:30 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -170
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.8° / 194.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / -1.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.00° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.00° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.