The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
5:20 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1186
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 17.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 9.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.71° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.27° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.