The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 18, 1963
Waning Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 AM
1:10 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 498
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 235.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.41° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.63° / 2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.07° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| 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.