The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 17, 2013
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 PM
7:12 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1124
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 353.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 17.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.34° / -1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.30° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 153.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.