The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 17, 2192
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
5:08 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3338
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 23.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 15.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.44° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.16° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.