The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 17, 2008
Waning Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
12:01 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1062
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 | 241.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 298.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 21.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.55° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.26° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.