The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 17, 1979
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 AM
4:26 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 703
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 | 336.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.7° / 203.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -7.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.78° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.74° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.