The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 18, 1959
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
9:50 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 456
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 | 215.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 317.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 06m / 18.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.51° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.08° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.45° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.