The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 18, 1945
First Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
2:24 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 277
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 61.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 52m / 16.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.38° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / -4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.94° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.