The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 17, 2016
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
10:26 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1161
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 | 224.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 310.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 41m / 18.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.81° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.66° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.