The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 2033
Waning Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1365
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 | 230.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 265.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.47° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.32° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.88° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.