The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 18, 1937
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 PM
7:39 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 184
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 2:37 AM, is deepest at 3:19 AM and ends at 4:00 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 349.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 56m / 20.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.16° / 0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.83° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.