The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 18, 1930
Waning Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
10:52 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 91
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 | 247.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 247.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 35m / -24.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.94° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.68° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.