The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 18, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
5:50 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 283
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.9° / 9.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 12.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.82° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.76° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.