The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 17, 1963
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
6:23 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 506
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 157.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -19.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.02° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.25° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.91° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.