The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 17, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
4:49 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 988
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 | 154.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 25.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 8.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.31° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.65° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.