The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 17, 1973
Last Quarter
45.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.3%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 629
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 267.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 6.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.75° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.15° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.69° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.