The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 18, 1903
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
5:15 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -237
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.2° / 181.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -14.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.05° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.92° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 130.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.