The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 18, 1902
Waning Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
10:14 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -249
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 311.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 31m / 18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.32° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.00° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.21° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.