The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 17, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
12:35 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 951
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 | 105.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 81.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -10.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.52° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.29° / 4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.64° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.