The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 17, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
1:36 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 11
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 | 116.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 70.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -4.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.72° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / 2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.67° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.