The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 2027
Waxing Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
4:42 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1291
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 | 158.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.5° / 2.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.24° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.12° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.