The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 18, 2119
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% 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
1:59 PM
2:44 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2429
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 | 99.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 58.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 8.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.02° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.49° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.