The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 17, 1901
Waxing Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
10:50 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -261
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 108.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -13.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.20° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.35° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.