The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 18, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 PM
2:39 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 716
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 | 129.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 55.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / -1.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.48° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.66° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.14° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.7° |
| 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.