The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 18, 1987
Waning Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 AM
11:06 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 796
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 | 250.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 247.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -22.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.39° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.39° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.87° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.