The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 2117
Waning Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2404
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 | 214.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 264.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -28.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.80° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.06° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.