The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 18, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 PM
4:39 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1860
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 | 141.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.4° / 22.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -4.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.22° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.60° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.11° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.