The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 17, 1941
Waning Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 AM
4:40 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 233
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 196.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -10.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.50° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.80° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.32° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.