The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 1983
Waxing Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
1:56 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 747
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 | 77.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 64.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.87° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.24° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.57° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.