The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 18, 1973
Waning Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
1:42 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 629
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 | 288.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 255.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 55m / 1.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.34° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.86° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.