The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 18, 2051
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
7:37 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1594
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 346.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 08m / 17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.30° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.29° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.29° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.