The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 18, 1903
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
11:18 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -243
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 | 259.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 260.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -11.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.31° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.99° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.