The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 PM
5:44 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 252
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.9° / 345.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 40m / -10.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.75° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.48° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.