The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 18, 1926
Waxing Crescent
38.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
12:44 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.0%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 41
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 74.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 22.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.91° / -0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / 1.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.44° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.