The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 17, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
1:43 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 481
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 68.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / -4.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.99° / -2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / 4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.09° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.