The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 18, 2001
Waning Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
4:06 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 969
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 | 306.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 217.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / -3.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.77° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.37° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.