The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 17, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
3:15 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 617
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 | 134.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 48.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / 8.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.73° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.79° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.68° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.