The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 18, 2015
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
9:19 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1143
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.9° / 123.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 16.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.83° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.19° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.