The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 18, 2030
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
7:04 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1328
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 | 197.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.4° / 284.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 54m / -22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.77° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / 0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.85° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.