The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 17, 2188
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 AM
4:43 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3288
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 191.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 40m / -12.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.65° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.06° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.