The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
5:37 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1075
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 165.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -24.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.18° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.97° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.