The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 2077
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
4:52 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1909
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,200 km.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.8° / 211.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 0.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.26° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.03° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.40° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.