The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 18, 2036
Last Quarter
47.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
1:22 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.2%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1402
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 240.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -11.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.64° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.88° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.