The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 18, 2020
Waning Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 AM
4:53 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1204
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.0° / 209.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 0.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.05° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.19° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.