The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 18, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
58.0% 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
2:03 PM
2:18 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -57
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 | 99.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 63.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 4.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.00° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.11° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.