The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 17, 2011
Waning Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
12:27 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1099
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 | 258.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 281.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 12.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.51° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.39° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.14° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.