The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 18, 1907
Waxing Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 AM
12:15 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -193
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 | 69.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 79.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 35m / 19.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.00° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / -0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.04° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.