The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 18, 1957
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
3:15 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 431
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,500 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 221.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -8.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.60° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.19° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.