The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 17, 1965
Waning Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 AM
2:40 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 530
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / 10.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.50° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.54° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.34° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.