The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 17, 2182
Waning Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
12:44 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3214
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 11.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.28° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.84° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.