The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 17, 2126
Waxing Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
8:22 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2522
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 133.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.04° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.09° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.54° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.