The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 18, 1906
Waning Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 AM
3:22 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -206
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 232.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 29m / -1.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.12° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.08° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.