The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 18, 2050
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 AM
5:21 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1574
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.1° / 201.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / 0.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.26° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.05° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.