The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 17, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
3:17 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 382
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 | 134.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 47.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 29m / 8.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.05° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.50° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.