The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 18, 2149
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 PM
4:35 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2800
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 | 136.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 27.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -1.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.85° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.65° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.29° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.