The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 18, 2053
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 AM
9:24 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1613
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.0° / 122.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 17m / 16.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.35° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.95° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.59° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.