The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 18, 2052
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1600
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 263.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -16.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.19° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.66° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.