The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 18, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 PM
3:39 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1959
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 | 125.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.7° / 44.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / -2.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.97° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.93° / 1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.70° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.