The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 18, 2012
Waxing Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
10:31 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1112
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 | 66.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 111.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -14.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.83° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.64° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.