The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 18, 2137
Waxing Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
10:40 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2658
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 111.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -20.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.58° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / 4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.90° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.