The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 17, 1906
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
6:47 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -199
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 | 19.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 153.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.67° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.89° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.14° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.