The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 18, 2106
Waning Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 AM
1:16 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2274
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 | 276.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 265.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 5.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.93° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.47° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.96° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.