The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 18, 2017
Last Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 AM
12:45 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1167
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -13.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.73° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.24° / -0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.10° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.