The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 18, 1962
Last Quarter
53.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
1:17 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 493
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 279.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 15.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.60° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / -1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.43° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.