The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 18, 1900
Waning Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
8:40 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -280
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -19.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.61° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / -3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.17° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.