The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 18, 1917
Waxing Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
8:50 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -63
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus 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 | 48.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 128.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -21.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.18° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.51° / -0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.49° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.