The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 17, 2103
Waning Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
10:48 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2237
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 | 225.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 311.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 42m / 22.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.80° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / 1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.76° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.