The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 18, 1941
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 AM
5:26 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 233
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.3° / 178.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 22m / -13.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.76° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.57° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.52° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 146.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.