The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 18, 1918
First Quarter
55.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
2:51 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.0%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -58
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 56.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 16.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.44° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.32° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.