The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 1933
Waning Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 AM
1:10 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 127
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 235.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -17.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.43° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / 2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.04° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.