The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 18, 2025
Waning Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
10:56 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1266
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 249.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 36m / -22.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.62° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.70° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.48° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.