The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 17, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
1:14 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1186
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 74.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -8.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.21° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.85° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.