The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 17, 1974
Waxing Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
8:27 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 642
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 | 43.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 132.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -20.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.43° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / -2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.43° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.