The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 18, 1973
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
6:54 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 623
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 | 195.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.5° / 283.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 47m / -24.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.52° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / 3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.65° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.