The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 18, 1931
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
8:09 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 103
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 | 7.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.6° / 149.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 15.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.17° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.24° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.