The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 18, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 PM
2:56 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2664
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 | 107.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 56.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 4.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.02° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.15° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.68° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.