The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 17, 2007
First Quarter
47.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.7%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1050
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 97.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -15.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.16° / -0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / 2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.26° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.