The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 18, 1923
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 AM
9:30 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 4
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 | 26.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 119.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 32m / 14.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.22° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.54° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.57° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.