The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 18, 2027
Waning Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
11:50 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1297
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 300.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 51m / 21.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.59° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / -0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.06° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| 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.