The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 2173
Waxing Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
1:56 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3097
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 | 75.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 65.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 09m / 21.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.49° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.51° / -5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.12° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.