The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 17, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
4:48 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1928
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 | 154.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 25.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 10.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.84° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / 2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.63° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.