The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 2128
Waning Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2540
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 | 234.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 262.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -17.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.99° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / -4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.46° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.