The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 18, 1992
Waning Crescent
36.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 AM
1:36 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 864
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 256.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 1.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.76° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.67° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.