The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 18, 1996
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 AM
9:11 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 907
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.0° / 125.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 12.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.61° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / 3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.98° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.