The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 17, 1998
Waning Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 AM
4:50 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 938
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.4° / 193.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 33m / -10.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.05° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.55° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.