The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 18, 1968
Waning Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 AM
12:19 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 561
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 | 263.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 242.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -18.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.78° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.84° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.27° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.