The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 18, 1916
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
5:38 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -82
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 | 195.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.7° / 299.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -26.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.92° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.67° / 5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.97° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.