The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 17, 1985
Waxing Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
10:19 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 778
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 114.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 35m / -24.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.89° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.24° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.96° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.