The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 18, 2035
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 PM
4:34 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1390
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 | 140.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.1° / 25.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -4.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.10° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.71° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.