The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 18, 2079
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
7:44 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1934
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
45° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 267.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -27.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.31° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.96° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.65° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| 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.