The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Waning Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 AM
3:39 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1173
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 228.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -0.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.37° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / -4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.77° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.