The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 17, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
6:00 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 654
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 | 166.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 11.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 16.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.82° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.13° / -0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.85° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.