The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Waxing Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
8:32 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1211
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 | 47.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 130.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -24.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.40° / -2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.42° / 3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.28° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.