The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 17, 1928
Waxing Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
9:12 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 73
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 | 57.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 124.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -25.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.61° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.20° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.