The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 18, 2131
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 AM
4:53 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2583
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.9° / 189.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -11.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.91° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.81° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.