The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 2134
Waning Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 AM
3:26 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2614
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 224.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 50m / -5.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.61° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.05° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.36° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.