The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 18, 1960
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
5:27 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 468
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 178.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -13.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.55° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.67° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 152.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.