The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 18, 2090
Waning Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 AM
10:40 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2070
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 | 239.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 260.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -16.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.87° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.05° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.