The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 18, 1941
Last Quarter
48.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
11:57 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.4%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 226
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 249.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -15.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.27° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.39° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.