The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 18, 2041
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1464
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 | 213.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 266.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -27.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.61° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.27° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.