The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 18, 2138
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
9:29 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2670
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 333.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 12m / 27.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.40° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.53° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.