The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Waning Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
4:01 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1272
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 | 342.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 195.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -18.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.53° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.00° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.88° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.