The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 2032
Waxing Gibbous
62.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
2:29 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.0%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1353
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 | 103.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 61.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 2.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.09° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.50° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.