The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 17, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
4:39 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 48
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 | 153.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 26.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 6.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.25° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.70° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.