The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 18, 2122
Waxing Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
4:17 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2466
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 | 148.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.2° / 23.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -14.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.14° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.49° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.