The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 18, 1911
Waning Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
9:03 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -144
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 259.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -25.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.15° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.38° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| 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.