The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 18, 1985
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 AM
7:47 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 771
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 | 346.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.3° / 160.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 15.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.09° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / 0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.74° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.