The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 18, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
6:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1223
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 | 172.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 3.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 16.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.34° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.42° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.74° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.