The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 18, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
70.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
1:26 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.9%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 345
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 | 114.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 71.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 25m / -4.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.36° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.42° / 1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.33° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.