The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 18, 1939
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 AM
8:21 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 202
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.7° / 145.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 12m / 16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.26° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.29° / 1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.77° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.