The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 1927
Waning Gibbous
96.5% 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
10:46 PM
7:32 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 54
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 | 201.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 281.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -22.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.24° / 0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / -0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.68° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.