The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 17, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 PM
6:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1829
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 2.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 07m / 14.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.31° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / 4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.05° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 229.1° |
| 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.