The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 17, 2085
New Moon
0.2% 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
7:43 AM
5:23 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2015
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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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 | 4.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 171.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -22.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.43° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / 3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.96° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 313.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.