The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 18, 2188
Last Quarter
45.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
1:25 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.6%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3282
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 236.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -14.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.71° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.49° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.69° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.