The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 17, 1989
Waning Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
12:00 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 827
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 | 240.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 300.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 52m / 23.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.67° / 2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.24° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.46° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.