The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 11, 2018
Waxing Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 AM
8:37 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1186
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 129.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -21.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.67° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / -1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.90° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.