The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Waxing Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
11:19 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1186
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 104.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.42° / -1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.10° / 2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.35° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.