The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 17, 1997
Waning Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
10:10 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 926
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 | 220.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 313.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 25m / 18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.87° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.08° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.87° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.