The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
8:32 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1006
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 | 354.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.9° / 142.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.15° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.64° / -0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.55° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.