The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 17, 2039
Waxing Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
6:32 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1446
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 154.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -22.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.77° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / 1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.89° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.