The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 18, 1939
First Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 209
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -9.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.58° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.55° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.73° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.