The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 17, 2017
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 AM
5:12 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1173
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.2° / 183.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -12.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.82° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.36° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 132.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.