The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 18, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
3:25 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 784
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 | 109.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 49.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / 8.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.12° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.87° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.48° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.