The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 1976
Waning Gibbous
72.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 AM
11:02 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.1%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 660
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 | 243.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 259.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -14.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.63° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.65° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.