The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 18, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
2:13 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1186
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 62.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 09m / -3.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.56° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.70° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.