The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 17, 1957
Waning Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 AM
2:38 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 431
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 | 307.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 236.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -3.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.15° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.00° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.