The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 18, 2120
Waning Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
11:24 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2441
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 | 251.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 250.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -18.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.13° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.06° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.