The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 17, 2037
Waxing Gibbous
76.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
2:03 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.7%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1421
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 65.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / -5.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.96° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.66° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.07° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.