The Moon on this date

Moon on Tuesday, November 18, 2188

New Moon

0.0% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
SE
Highest
31°
Moonset
SW
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
0.0%
Age
29.4 days
Distance
359,600 km
Apparent size
33.2′
Constellation
Libra
Lunation number
3288

Events on this date

  1. New Moon

    The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.

  2. Partial solar eclipse

    The Moon covers part of the Sun. From Columbus, 10% of the Sun is covered at 12:31 PM.

Exact values

For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun359.65°
Phase angle178.63°
Illuminated fraction0.01%
Altitude / azimuth30.9° / 175.2°
Right ascension / declination15h 39m / -18.13°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude236.73° / 1.32°
Libration in longitude / latitude2.66° / -0.86°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-177.26° / 0.37°
Position angle of the axis11.8°
Position angle of the bright limb182.4°
Apparent magnitude-4.2

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

Your location

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