The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 18, 2006
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 AM
3:45 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1037
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 | 334.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 204.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.12° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / 4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.07° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.