The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 18, 1919
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
8:58 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -45
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 | 219.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 269.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -20.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.53° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / -3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.28° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.