The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 1988
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 809
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.7° / 84.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 07m / 28.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.55° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.09° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.