The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 1999
Waxing Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 945
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 | 44.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 86.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 50m / 20.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.85° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.86° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.