The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 2066
Waning Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 AM
3:39 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1773
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 | 297.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 234.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / 2.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.62° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.91° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.