The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 18, 2023
Waning Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
8:00 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1241
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.6° / 157.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 17.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.35° / 1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.12° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.