The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 17, 1927
Waning Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 AM
2:31 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 60
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 | 286.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 262.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 12.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.12° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.73° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.