The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 18, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
3:42 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1489
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 | 121.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 45.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / 0.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.61° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / -0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.30° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.