The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 17, 1900
Waning Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
2:38 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -274
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 234.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / -5.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.36° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.45° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.76° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.