The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 17, 2043
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
8:25 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1495
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 345.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 16m / 26.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.63° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.74° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.