The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 18, 2004
Waxing Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
11:39 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1013
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 | 83.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 103.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -19.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.79° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.99° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.