The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 18, 1989
Waning Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
12:34 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 827
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 | 252.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 289.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 19.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.91° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.30° / -0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.61° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.