The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 18, 1953
Waxing Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
1:07 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 376
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 | 66.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 72.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 19.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.21° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / 0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.59° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.