The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 18, 1941
Waning Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
1:47 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 227
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 241.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -7.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.39° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.09° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.