The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 18, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
12:22 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1854
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 | 101.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 84.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -8.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.46° / -0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.10° / 1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.32° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.