The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 18, 1930
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
4:05 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 97
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.1° / 201.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -13.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.71° / -0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.06° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.