The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 17, 2167
Waxing Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
10:01 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3029
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 116.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -20.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.61° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / 1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.00° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.