The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 18, 2019
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
6:20 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1192
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.6° / 318.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -14.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.69° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.55° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 335.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.