The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 18, 1946
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 PM
7:52 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 289
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 274.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -23.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.72° / -0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.46° / 0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.47° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.