The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 17, 1995
Waning Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 AM
2:12 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 901
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 | 295.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 249.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / 0.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.56° / -3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.41° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.