The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 18, 1944
Waxing Crescent
7.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
8:32 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.7%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 271
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 130.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -21.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.20° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / -1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.85° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.