The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 16, 1968
Waning Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
4:27 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 566
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.5° / 253.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.58° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.44° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.27° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.