The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 17, 1940
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
9:22 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 221
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 | 209.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 322.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 38m / 18.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.81° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.67° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.