The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 17, 1936
Waxing Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
7:59 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 172
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 137.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -22.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.91° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.85° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.