The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 17, 1990
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
5:06 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 840
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 173.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 42m / -24.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.69° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.78° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 336.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.