The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 18, 1978
Waning Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
10:27 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 691
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 | 224.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 309.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.50° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.73° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.23° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.