The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 PM
2:34 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 178
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 | 106.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 60.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 1.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.66° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.57° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.32° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.