The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 18, 2072
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
9:26 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1848
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.4° / 121.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 23m / 16.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.81° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.77° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.