The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 18, 1998
Waning Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
12:33 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 932
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 | 263.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 247.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -13.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.86° / 1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / -1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.30° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.