The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 18, 1986
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
9:35 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 790
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 | 204.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 332.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 16m / 27.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.22° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.65° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.