The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
3:17 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1087
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 | 133.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 49.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 25m / 8.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.04° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.26° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.