The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 18, 2108
First Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
2:07 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2293
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 64.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 7.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.95° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.15° / 4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.70° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| 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.