The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 17, 2024
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
9:39 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1260
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 | 204.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 332.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 18m / 28.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.61° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.08° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| 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.