The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 17, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 PM
6:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -51
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 | 171.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 5.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 51m / 18.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.06° / 2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.11° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.