The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 18, 1990
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 AM
5:49 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 840
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 161.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -25.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.55° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.58° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.