The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 18, 1942
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
11:10 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 239
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 98.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 05m / 15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.19° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.25° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.