The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 18, 2062
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
3:45 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1724
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 | 126.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.7° / 43.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -2.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.19° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / 0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.51° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.