The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 18, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
12:50 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 110
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 79.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -8.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.20° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.11° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.