The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 18, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
4:17 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 351
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.8° / 26.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -11.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.37° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.11° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.08° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.