The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 18, 2000
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
6:42 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 957
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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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 1.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.1° / 307.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.96° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.91° / -4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.86° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.