The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 1967
Waxing Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
2:46 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 548
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 56.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 23.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.54° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.48° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.96° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.