The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
5:31 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1223
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 16.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 11.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.38° / -2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.88° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.