The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 17, 1946
Waning Crescent
31.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
2:42 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.7%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 295
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 256.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 19m / 10.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.48° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.52° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.