The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 18, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
3:49 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1254
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 43.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -0.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.77° / 1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / -1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.88° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.