The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 18, 2017
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 AM
5:47 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1174
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 170.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -15.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.00° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.18° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.56° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 225.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.