The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 17, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
4:33 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 283
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 27.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 6.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.61° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.90° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.