The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 17, 2031
Waxing Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
8:08 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1347
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 136.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -19.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.92° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.46° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.21° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.