The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 17, 2181
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 PM
3:38 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3202
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 43.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 7.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.98° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.56° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.