The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 18, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
4:19 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 585
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 34.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 35m / 1.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.55° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.20° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.94° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.