The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 18, 1966
Waxing Crescent
37.6% 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
1:07 PM
10:50 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 543
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 | 75.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 109.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -22.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.37° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.57° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.