The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 18, 1963
Waning Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
3:21 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 499
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 | 297.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 224.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / -6.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.12° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.76° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.1° |
| 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.