The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 17, 2172
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
6:19 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3091
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,800 km.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 154.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -27.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.89° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.60° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.