The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 18, 2037
Waxing Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1415
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 86.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 21.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.14° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / 2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.26° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.