The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 18, 1956
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
7:40 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 419
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 12:02 AM, is deepest at 1:47 AM and ends at 3:32 AM. Totality lasts from 1:08 AM to 2:27 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 349.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 59m / 20.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.90° / -0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / 1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.62° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.