The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 17, 2005
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
9:14 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1025
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 | 200.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 336.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 56m / 27.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.77° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.29° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.