The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 1938
Waning Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 190
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -18.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.38° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.60° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.05° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.