The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 17, 2012
Waxing Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
9:23 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1112
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 123.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.59° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.83° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.