The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 1971
Waning Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
2:06 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 598
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 | 280.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 239.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 35m / -7.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.83° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / -1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.11° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.