The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 18, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
12:07 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 914
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 | 98.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 85.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -7.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.28° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.64° / -2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.35° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.