The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 18, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
5:07 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 753
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 | 157.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.7° / 20.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 9.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.70° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.30° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.