The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 18, 1981
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
6:21 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 722
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.3° / 320.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 31m / -14.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.94° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.84° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.91° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 332.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.