The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 18, 1925
Waning Crescent
21.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
2:36 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.2%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 28
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 226.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -12.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.43° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / 3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.69° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.