The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 18, 2076
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
6:18 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1897
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 314.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 44m / -17.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.72° / 2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.87° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 345.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.