The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 16, 2017
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
4:40 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1173
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 198.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -8.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.50° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.16° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.