The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 1960
Waning Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
2:03 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 462
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 | 280.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 239.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 37m / -7.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.20° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.90° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.