The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 18, 2127
Waxing Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
1:31 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2528
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 70.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 11.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.57° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.12° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.