The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 18, 2000
Last Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 963
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 275.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 04m / 15.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.52° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.11° / -3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.03° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.