The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 17, 1947
Waxing Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
8:58 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 308
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 | 55.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 126.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -26.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.72° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.57° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.