The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 18, 1946
Waning Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
3:08 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 295
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 | 303.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.9° / 243.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / 4.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.36° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.70° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.