The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 18, 2003
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 994
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 | 215.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 266.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -26.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.39° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.66° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.