The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 18, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 PM
5:51 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 48
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 9.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 11.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.72° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.56° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.