The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 18, 1963
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
7:03 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 506
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars 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 | 26.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 147.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 25m / -21.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.88° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / -1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.71° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.