The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 18, 2001
Waxing Crescent
13.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 AM
8:07 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.1%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 976
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 | 42.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 134.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -24.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.75° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.10° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.