The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 18, 1966
Waning Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 AM
5:11 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 535
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.5° / 199.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 20m / -2.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.81° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.98° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.21° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.