The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 17, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
1:52 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -224
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 67.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -3.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.98° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.30° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.