The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 18, 1957
Waning Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
10:24 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 425
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 | 236.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 262.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.80° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.85° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.