The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 18, 1975
First Quarter
52.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
1:57 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.8%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 648
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 66.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 01m / 6.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.14° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.03° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.92° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.