The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 17, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
12:21 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 345
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 | 102.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 83.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 40m / -10.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.72° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.07° / 2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.49° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.