The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 18, 1922
Last Quarter
51.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
1:06 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.0%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -8
Events on this date
-
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 246.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -9.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.87° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.79° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.30° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.