The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 2179
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
4:17 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3171
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,600 km.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.4° / 22.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -13.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.02° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.29° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.