The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 18, 2116
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 PM
5:31 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2398
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 18.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 14.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.02° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.51° / -0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.03° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.