The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 17, 2186
Waxing Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
10:44 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3264
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° 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 | 73.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.4° / 109.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -19.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.68° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / 2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.20° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.