The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 2060
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1699
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 264.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -27.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.78° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.07° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.