The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 18, 2060
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 AM
3:09 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1705
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 | 311.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 232.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -1.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.84° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / -1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.35° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.