The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 18, 2014
Waning Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1130
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,100 km.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 264.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -16.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.18° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.07° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.