The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 18, 1917
Waning Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 AM
4:13 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -71
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 | 321.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.2° / 221.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / 0.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.64° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.33° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.