The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 18, 2130
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
4:12 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2565
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.2° / 36.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / 1.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.74° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.19° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.09° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.