The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 18, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
3:55 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 246
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.7° / 37.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / 0.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.31° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.24° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.