The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 2123
Last Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
1:17 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2478
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 247.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -7.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.60° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.64° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.90° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.