The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 18, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
4:32 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 382
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 31.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 25m / 14.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.88° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.36° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.