The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 18, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
2:37 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 413
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 59.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 0.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.27° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.53° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.