The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 17, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
6:25 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1594
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 2.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 15.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.15° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.46° / 3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.85° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 231.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.