The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 18, 2136
Waning Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2639
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 | 216.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 262.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -28.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.07° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.86° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.