The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 18, 2111
Waxing Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
3:48 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2330
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 | 119.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 43.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 4.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.83° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.88° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| 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.