The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 18, 1933
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
5:46 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 135
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 162.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -26.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.31° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.33° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.81° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.