The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 18, 1923
Waxing Crescent
7.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 AM
11:06 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 5
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 | 30.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 97.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 49m / 18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.38° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.87° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.