The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Waxing Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
11:52 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1149
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 | 82.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 98.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -12.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.89° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.71° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| 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.