The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 17, 1984
Waning Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
2:33 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 765
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 | 288.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 259.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 10.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.08° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.16° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.