The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 17, 1943
Waning Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
1:05 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 258
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 | 245.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 285.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 19.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.77° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.71° / 1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.97° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.