The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 18, 2096
Waning Crescent
22.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
3:27 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.3%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2143
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 210.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.56° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.84° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.00° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.