The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 17, 1993
Waxing Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
9:06 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 877
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 125.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.63° / 3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.47° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.62° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.