The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 18, 2071
Waning Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1835
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 265.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.40° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.50° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.25° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.