The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 1994
First Quarter
51.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
1:54 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.6%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 883
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 67.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 58m / 6.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.14° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.23° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.10° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.