The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 18, 2195
Waxing Gibbous
71.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
3:03 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3369
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 | 115.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 54.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / -0.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.16° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.50° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.