The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 1932
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 PM
4:48 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 116
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 | 158.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.8° / 2.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -16.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.50° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.69° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.