The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 17, 2006
Waning Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 AM
3:22 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1037
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 | 323.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 218.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -9.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.12° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / 3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.88° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.