The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 2055
Last Quarter
48.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
1:14 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1637
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 240.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -12.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.78° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / 2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.46° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.