The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 17, 2001
Waxing Crescent
6.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
7:15 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.9%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 976
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 | 30.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 144.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -23.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.84° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / 0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.29° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.