The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 18, 1994
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
7:33 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 889
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 11:27 PM, is deepest at 1:43 AM and ends at 4:00 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 349.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 55m / 18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.65° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / 2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.06° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.