The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 17, 2080
Waxing Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
10:20 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1953
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.4° / 114.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -22.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.81° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.42° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.11° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.