The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 18, 2009
Waning Crescent
36.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 AM
2:33 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.9%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1068
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 239.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -3.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.23° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.30° / -3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.72° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.