The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 AM
6:04 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1104
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.4° / 190.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / 4.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.01° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.65° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.