The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 18, 1993
Waxing Crescent
27.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
10:10 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.1%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 877
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 | 62.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 114.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -16.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.85° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.51° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.43° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.