The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 18, 2148
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
9:31 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2788
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.3° / 120.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 23m / 16.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.88° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.00° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.