The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 18, 1996
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 AM
9:51 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 908
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 | 13.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.8° / 113.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 42m / 17.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.52° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.65° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.76° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.