The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 18, 2175
Waning Crescent
8.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
5:42 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.1%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3120
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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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 | 327.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.5° / 192.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -0.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.60° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.74° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.