how close is the moon tonight

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Nature

Tonight, May 18, 2025, the Moon is approximately 389,181 to 389,605 kilometers away from Earth. This corresponds to about 0.0026 Astronomical Units, and light takes roughly 1.3 seconds to travel from the Moon to Earth at this distance

. The Moon is currently in a Waning Gibbous phase and located in the constellation Sagittarius