The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 18, 2135
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
5:13 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2633
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 22.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 01m / 13.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.93° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / -0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.39° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.