The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 7, 1918
Waning Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 AM
4:06 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -59
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 210.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -8.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.33° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.28° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| 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.