The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 18, 2058
Waxing Crescent
8.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
7:20 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.2%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1681
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 143.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -25.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.75° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / 3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.89° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.