The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 18, 2198
Waxing Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
4:16 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3406
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 | 147.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.6° / 23.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -13.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.35° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.84° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.49° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| 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.