The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 18, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
4:58 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1056
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 | 164.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.0° / 347.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -20.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.48° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.72° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.