The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 18, 1947
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 AM
6:40 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 301
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 2.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.8° / 184.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 9.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.26° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / 4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.09° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.