The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 18, 1971
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 AM
5:18 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 605
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 | 7.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 169.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 59m / -25.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.81° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.12° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.39° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 317.1° |
| 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.