The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 2049
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
7:05 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1563
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 | 196.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.5° / 286.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -22.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.42° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.87° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.66° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.