The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 18, 2142
Waning Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
1:53 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2713
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 244.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -4.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.82° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / -6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.70° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.