The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 18, 1998
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 AM
5:22 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 938
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 179.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -13.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.94° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.75° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 145.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.