The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 18, 2090
Waning Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
3:39 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2076
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,100 km.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 221.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -4.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.37° / 2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.44° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.