The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 18, 2109
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2305
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 | 233.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 263.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.53° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.65° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| 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.