The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 17, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
6:26 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 184
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 5.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 52m / 18.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.04° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.73° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.31° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.