The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 17, 2041
Waning Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
2:35 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1470
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 255.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / 8.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.85° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / -4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.36° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.