The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 17, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
2:52 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 246
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 | 119.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 53.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / -4.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.26° / -2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / 3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.39° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.