The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 18, 2082
Waning Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
12:11 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1971
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 246.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -16.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.27° / -1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / 1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.64° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.