The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 18, 2175
Waning Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
7:11 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3121
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.7° / 186.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.48° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.90° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.