The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 18, 1990
Waning Crescent
41.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
2:05 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.1%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 833
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 | 280.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 240.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -6.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.83° / 2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.56° / -2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.92° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| 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.