The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 18, 2012
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 AM
6:51 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1105
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 | 334.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.5° / 189.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 15.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.93° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / -3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.86° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.