The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 17, 1944
Waxing Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
7:45 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 271
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 | 20.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 139.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -19.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.31° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.19° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.04° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| 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.