The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 18, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
3:07 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -255
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 | 138.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.2° / 52.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -7.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.59° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / 2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.39° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.