The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 18, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 PM
4:25 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 586
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 | 149.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.5° / 21.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -13.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.29° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.27° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.