The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 1954
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
6:20 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 388
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 | 188.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.5° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -24.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.60° / -3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.69° / 4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.88° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.