The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 18, 1964
First Quarter
51.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
2:39 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.6%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 512
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 58.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 15.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.42° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.76° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.15° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.