The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 17, 2060
Waning Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
2:49 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1705
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 245.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / 3.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.91° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.17° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.