The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 17, 2038
Waning Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
12:13 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1433
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 298.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 22.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.16° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.32° / -2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.31° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.