The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 18, 1967
Waxing Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
3:25 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 549
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 49.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / 9.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.91° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.86° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.27° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| 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.