The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
3:35 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1019
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 | 115.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 47.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / 4.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.48° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / -2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.67° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| 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.