The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 1910
Waxing Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 PM
2:55 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -156
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 | 119.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 56.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / 5.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.61° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.98° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.