The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 18, 1909
Waxing Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
9:55 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -162
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 118.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -24.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.51° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.82° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.