The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1229
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -26.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.47° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.45° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.