The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 17, 1967
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
7:49 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 555
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 350.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 49m / 22.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.17° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.73° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.