The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 18, 1949
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 AM
4:00 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 332
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 201.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -14.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.56° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / 2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.86° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.