The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
6:58 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1093
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 | 196.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.5° / 285.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -23.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.55° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / 1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.05° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.