The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 18, 2165
Waxing Gibbous
55.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
2:25 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2998
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 61.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 8.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.25° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / 1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.49° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.