The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 18, 2074
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 AM
5:30 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1878
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.6° / 176.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -14.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.38° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.83° / -4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.77° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 163.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.