The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 17, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
12:08 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 815
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 | 100.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 85.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -9.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.12° / -0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.93° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.90° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| 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.