The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 1950
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
8:51 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 338
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.5° / 133.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 18.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.80° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.43° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.