The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 17, 1981
Waning Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
12:58 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 728
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 | 258.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 285.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.01° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.07° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.