The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 18, 2042
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 AM
8:13 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1476
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.4° / 153.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 18.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.09° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / -2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.94° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.