The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 17, 1909
Waxing Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
8:50 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -162
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.4° / 127.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -25.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.46° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.00° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.