The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 18, 2097
First Quarter
53.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 PM
2:48 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.2%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2157
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
-
First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 57.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.08° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.54° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.94° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.