The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 18, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
4:52 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2936
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.1° / 355.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.28° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.92° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.