The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 17, 2058
Waxing Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
6:27 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1681
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 154.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -23.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.72° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.38° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.08° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.