The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 18, 1947
Waxing Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
9:57 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 308
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 117.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -24.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.61° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.08° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.39° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.