The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Waning Gibbous
63.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
12:36 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1062
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 | 254.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 17.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.66° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / 0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.42° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.