The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 17, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
3:19 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -88
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 | 134.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 48.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / 7.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.10° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.12° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.08° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.