The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 17, 2171
Waning Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
11:54 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3078
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 306.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 30m / 26.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.08° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.23° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.43° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.