The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 18, 1916
Waning Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 AM
1:26 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -76
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 | 278.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 264.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 21m / 6.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.74° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.62° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.