The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
4:43 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1155
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.0° / 20.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -6.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.87° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.37° / -3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.29° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.