The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
6:28 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1075
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 | 22.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 153.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -25.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.72° / -2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / 4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.78° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.