The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 18, 1980
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
12:00 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 710
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 | 53.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 81.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 32m / 19.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.82° / -2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.39° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.43° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.