The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 12, 2018
Waxing Crescent
24.0% 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
11:41 AM
9:28 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.0%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1186
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 121.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -21.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.73° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / -0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.71° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.