The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 18, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
2:51 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 481
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 1.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 53.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 36m / -0.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.18° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.21° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.94° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.