The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 18, 1933
Waning Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 AM
3:22 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 128
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 | 295.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.0° / 231.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 31m / -1.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.80° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / -1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.73° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.