The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 18, 1974
Waning Crescent
15.0% 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
4:35 AM
4:39 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 634
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.2° / 209.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 49m / -2.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.96° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.01° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.