The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 17, 1917
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 AM
7:43 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -63
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 | 35.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 140.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -23.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.61° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.91° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.68° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.