The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 18, 1912
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
10:21 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -131
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 | 24.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.2° / 104.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 21m / 27.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.42° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.60° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.