The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 18, 1995
Waning Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 895
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 263.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -16.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.59° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.13° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.25° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.