The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 18, 2063
Waning Gibbous
66.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
11:20 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.1%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1736
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 248.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -20.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.10° / -2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / 3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.86° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.