The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 18, 2074
Waning Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
1:51 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1872
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 | 279.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 236.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -11.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.56° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / 3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.28° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.